Daily Archives: October 29, 2012


How to Raise Ducks Tips – 14 Questions To Guide You Decide Whether or not To Begin Keeping Ducks

There are many ways of raising ducks. The simplest method requires little capital input, where ducks are raised in the farmyard as part of a mixed farm. This is the so-called free range system. At the other extreme, large-scale, capital-intensive duck rearing can take place on a farm on which only ducks are raised inside a covered shelter or confined indoor system. Between these two extremes there are many different forms in which the ducks are offered an indoor shelter and a run in which they can go outside. In order to decide how to raise ducks, a farmer or extension worker needs to consider a number of points: